Planets

Transit of Venus - 8th June 2004


Mars
4 Sept 2003
0035BST

Mars
28 August 2003 0100BST
Multiple selected images stacked with REGISTAX and adjusted in Paintshop Pro.

Mars Previewer II image for comparison.

Taken using VC200L with 14mm eyepiece and 2x Barlow and Coolpix 4500 camera

Mars
7 August 2003 0220BST
Mars
3 August 2003
0050BST

 

Saturn


26/11/01
Obtained by stacking about 20 images using ASTROSTACK

Jupiter



 

2338 GMT 10/12/01
Image obtained by stacking 6 images using Astrostack

This image shows the shadow of Ganymede on Jupiter as well as Ganymede bottom right of Jupiter. The Great Red Spot is just disappearing to the left.

For comparison this is the prediction from Brendan Murphy's java program. (Available free from the CPAC website)

Jupiter & moons
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Europa, Jupiter, Ganymede, Io, Calisto.
02 06 GMT 16/9/01
Combination of two images (Jupiter, moons) in Paint Shop Pro.

Screen shot of Brendan Murphy's java program that predicts the positions of Jupiter's moons at the time of the above photo. This application can be downloaded for FREE from the CPAC website

Mercury & Venus
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The close conjunction of Mercury and Venus 5/11/01 at approx 6 am GMT.
Mercury is to the left and Venus to the right. The star Spica can just be seen further to the right in an approx straight line with the two planets and above the left hand edge of the TV aerial.
Pluto: observing report


Five Planets  Click on images to see full size


Close conjunction of 
Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury.
Sun 28 April 2002 21:17 BST

Tues 30 April 2002 21:37 BST
Note the changed positions in just 2 days.


Sat 4 May 2002 21:42 BST
Tues 7 May 2002 21:48 BST

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